Box 606754485
Container
Contains 97 Results:
Diary, Illustrations, and Letters, 1884-1892
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 103-106
Comprises:
MSS. Afr. s. 103: Diary: Cairo, 1884
MSS. Afr. s. 104: Illustrations to My Mission in Abyssinia by Gerald Portal, 1887
MSS. Afr. s. 105: Letters: Zanzibar, 1891-1892
MSS. Afr. s. 106: Letters: Zanzibar, 1892.
Extents: 4 Volumes
Dates:
1884-1892
Diary: Cairo, 12 Feb-29 Aug 1884
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 103
Entries are concerned with the Mahdist rebellion in Sudan (movements of troops, reports of battles, Foreign Office communications), Portal's work as Second Secretary at the Embassy, and his social activities.
Extents: 32 Leaves
Dates:
12 Feb-29 Aug 1884
Illustrations to My Mission in Abyssinia by Gerald Portal, 1887
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 104
Ten Abyssinian (Ethiopian) scenes in black and white, mostly signed W.M. Rowe, some with captions and notes added in Portal's hand.
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates:
1887
Letters: Zanzibar, 16 Aug 1891-21 Jan 1892
Folder
Volume of manuscript copies, numbered 1-67, of letters from Portal, marked 'Private', with alphabetical index at back of volume.
Extents: 92 Leaves
Dates:
16 Aug 1891-21 Jan 1892
Letters: Zanzibar, 26 Mar-3 Dec 1892
Folder
Volume of manuscript copies, numbered 1-23, of letters from Portal (see also MSS. Afr. s. 108).
Extents: 38 Leaves
Dates:
26 Mar-3 Dec 1892
To Anderson, about the reaction of the Foreign Office to Portal's work and plans in Zanzibar, 2 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 54v-59r
Includes information about the administrative reforms carried out by Portal in Zanzibar, the acceptance by the Sultan and leading Arabs of such reforms, and Portal's plans for the future of Zanzibar as the great central port and market of East Africa.
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates:
2 Nov 1891
To Anderson about government affairs in Zanzibar and Portal's role, 3 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 59v-60r
Includes an application to India for the loan of a man recommended by Lord Harris to be placed in charge of the Treasury, a proposal that the Zanzibar Government should take over the Post Office, and referring to Anderson's comment that Portal was 'practically ruler of Zanzibar with a puppet Sultan'.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
3 Nov 1891
To Anderson, about a plan to place the Sultan's dominions under the Free Zone conditions of the Congo Act of Berlin, and the intention of the British India Steamship Navigation Company (BISNC) to withdraw their ships from the Zanzibar line, 3 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 60v-61v
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
3 Nov 1891
To Anderson, about the completion of the arbitration on the Imperial British East Africa Company's claim against the Sultan, 4 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 62r-62v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
4 Nov 1891
To Lord Salisbury, about possible opposition by the Sultan and leading Arabs to proposed reforms, and Portal's methods of responding to this, 3 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 63r-64r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
3 Nov 1891
To Barrington, about a telegram sent by the Sultan to Lord Salisbury complaining of 'intolerable burdens', and about the way of life of the former Sultan, Seyid Burgash, and of the present man, Seyid Ali, 9 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 64v-66r
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
9 Nov 1891
To Major General J. Jopp, Aden, about the proposed enlistment of Zanzibaris to form a local Battalion in Aden, and Portal's reasons for prohibiting such recruitment and for his recommendation of the Sudanese as soldiers, Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 66v-67v
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
Nov 1891
To E. Smith de la Cour, H.M. Vice Consul, Lourenço Marques (Maputo), about obtaining proof of the Portuguese authorities tampering with the mails, 19 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 68r-68v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
19 Nov 1891
To Anderson, about a commercial report sent by Portal to the Foreign Office, 19 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 69r-70r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
19 Nov 1891
To M. Anton, German Consul, about the appointment of Dr Peters as German Commissioner for the delimitation of boundaries, 20 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fol. 70v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
20 Nov 1891
To M. Anton about a tax on cloves, 29 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fol. 71r
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
29 Nov 1891
To Baron von Soden, about a legal judgement given by one of his officers relating to the management of Khoja Jumats by the Shia sect, 29 Nov 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 71v-72r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
29 Nov 1891
To Boyce, Office of Works, about tenders for building a pier, and about the rebuilding of the Post Office, stables, and Consular offices, 2 Dec 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fols. 72v-74r
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
2 Dec 1891
To Captain A.C. Tompkins, Reading, about his application to join the Zanzibar Government Service, 7 Dec 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fol. 74v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
7 Dec 1891
Inserted letter from J.C. Price, Church Missionary Society, acknowledging one from Portal, 14 Dec 1891
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 105, fol. 75r
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
14 Dec 1891